Post #461739 by Murph on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 11:58 PM

The Waikiki Womb is getting an addition.
I'll bet those of you that visited the Waikiki Womb on the LA Home Bar Tour didn't even know there was a 7' x 11' room hidden behind the bar.
This was the original home owner's darkroom from the 1930s. He was a film producer.
We used this room for storage but I've decided to move the actual bar into this room.
It will be accessed through the hidden door disguised as a mug shelf, harking back to the days of prohibition era hidden bars. A nice small, dark and intimate bar is what I'm shooting for.
It will have the bar on the right side of the room and an upholstered booth on the left side.
Here's the progress so far.

The results of a drive down to OA.

Setup my work bench...surprisingly stable :D

Starting to clean off and remove the existing shelving.

Starting to build two shelve units behind bar on left side of room.

Decided to use the rigid bamboo matting for the walls.
Took a few tries to find the right adhesive for the matting. Finally used 3M Super90 spray. This stuff sticks!

Back to the shelves behind the bar. Used some left over cedar I had. Bar is going to smell great. :D

Bamboo slatting runs around the lower sides of the walls.

Back to the shelves.

Tapa accents that will be above each booth seat on right side of room.

Ceiling treatment. I never heard Ben comment on silver ceilings but thought it best to cover them.:D

Starting to frame out walls with bamboo.

Wrapping to cover joint cuts and screws, details details!



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Well that's where I'm at right now.
I'll post some more pics as I finish up the room.
Got to go pull out about a dozen bamboo splinters, little buggers are hard to see!

[ Edited by: Murph 2010-03-06 18:51 ]